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Josh Salisbury

Tower Hamlets council criticised by judge for supporting 'rapist' father in domestic abuse case

A judge has sharply criticised a London council over its handling of a domestic abuse case in which a mother was found to have been raped twice.

Tower Hamlets social workers disregarded a court’s findings that a father-of-three had committed “very serious domestic abuse” against his wife, including rape and strangulation, in a custody case.

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